<?php
/**
 * Hoa Framework
 *
 *
 * @license
 *
 * GNU General Public License
 *
 * This file is part of HOA Open Accessibility.
 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Ivan ENDERLIN. All rights reserved.
 *
 * HOA Open Accessibility is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * HOA Open Accessibility is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with HOA Open Accessibility; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 *
 *
 * @category    Framework
 * @package     Hoa_Framework
 *
 */

/**
 * Hoa_Framework
 */
require_once 'Framework.php';

/**
 * Hoathis_Convertor_Exception
 */
importModule('Convertor.Exception');

/**
 * Hoathis_Convertor_Format_Abstract
 */
importModule('Convertor.Format.Abstract');

/**
 * Class Hoathis_Convertor
 *
 * @author      Gregory DARCHE <tetardo@gmail.com>
 * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2009 Gregory DARCHE.
 * @license     http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt GNU GPL
 * @since       PHP 5
 * @version     0.1
 * @package     Hoathis_Convertor
 */
class Hoathis_Convertor {

    /**
     * getInstance
     *
     * @param string  format	Format
     * @param boolean value		Value
     * @param boolean in		In unit
     * @param boolean out		Out unit
     * @return object			Format object
     */
    static function getInstance( $format = null, $value = null, $in = null, $out = null ) {

     if (!is_null($format) AND !is_string($format))
            throw new Hoathis_Convertor_Exception('Format must be a string', 2);

        $classname = 'Hoathis_Convertor_Format_'.ucfirst(strtolower($format));

        return new $classname($value, $in, $out);
    }
}